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Tangerine News The Newsletter of St.Kevins Boys Club December 2016 Under 18s Progress in FAI Youths Cup St Kevins Boys have never won the FAI Youths Cup so it was great In fact both our Under 17s and Under 18s will meet each other if to see our Under 18s (pictured below) progress to the last sixteen of they both win the next round of the Leinster Youths Cup and as both the competition with a 6-3 victory over Drogheda United recently. sides are on fire at the moment we expect that to be a fixture to relish. Now they say that football is a funny old game and boy were they In other SFAI Cup news we are delighted to report that going into right with this one! the round of 32 after Christmas which will include teams from The game started out with both teams evenly matched with chances outside Dublin we will have a very strong representation. at both ends but a stunning strike from Sean Cummins on 20 minutes Our Under 12 Premier overcame Home Farm 6-0 with a fantastic changed the whole complexion of the game. display away from home while our Under 13 Premier overcame last Sean challenged two defenders for a header in the air about 25 yards year’s SFAI cup winners Crumlin 2-0 in Shanowen (see report from goal. As the ball fell the three players were looking for where inside). Both our DDSL and NDSL Under 14 Premier teams are also it went but Cummins was sharpest and unleashed a terrific strike that in the last 32. hit the upright and nestled in the net. Our DDSL team defeated Drogheda Boys 7- 2 in the SFAI Skechers Goodson Cup while our NDSL Premier team defeated Glenmuir of Dundalk 4-0 with the help of a hat trick from Aaron Murphy (pictured). Our Under 15 DDSL team played St Josephs Boys under lights in St Aidans watched by the largest crowd seen at a game on our new pitch. It was the tightest of games as expected and Joeys got the all-important goal late in the game. At Under 16 level we also have our DDSL Premier team and NDSL Premier team in the next round. The DDSL side who won the SFAI From that moment on the game was all one way as the Saints turned cup last season at Under 15 and are looking to win it again this on the style. Levi Boardman brought out a superb save from the season as they defeated Cabinteely 4-3 away from home. While our Drogs keeper with a great header and it was Boardman who NDSL team overcame Ratoath 3-1. eventually made it 2-0. A great run by Mark Powel from inside his So as we face into the new year we can look forward to plenty of cup own half saw him slide the ball into the path of Boardman in behind football and a lot of travelling! the defence and he slotted it past the keeper. Is it time to buy our own bus Pat???? The second half had only started and Andy Brennan brought out ********************************** another great save from the keeper but two minutes later a fine header by Craig Connolly made it 3-0. You could see the fight leave the Drogheda players. Get the Last of Your Tickets!! A few minutes later it was 4-0 as Brennan played in a lovely ball for Ryan McGuinness to slot home. Boardman was a constant aerial threat and he met a great ball in by Morgan Biggs only to see his header cannon off the crossbar but a few minutes later he was on target following a ball in by Peter McElroy to see the score stand at 5-0. Then the game changed as within the space of two minutes Drogheda had dragged the score back to 5-2! From then on it was end to end football and it was looking like the next goal would be the most important one of the game. Thankfully it came the Saints way as following a very quick move Our Christmas raffle tickets are selling fast and with just a week to Mick McAuley was on hand in the box to control the ball, beat the go before the draw we urge everyone to get their tickets in to ensure defender and score ………… 6-2! that you have a chance to win our top prize or even one of the other With just a few minutes remaining Drogheda got a third goal but at 15 prizes that are on offer. Tickets are a mere €2 or €10 gets you a this stage they knew the tie was lost. book of 6 and all proceeds get ploughed back into the development The Saints nearly added to their tally as the goalkeeper pulled off a and running of the Club. great save from a stinging Jamie O’Brien strike right at the death. *********************************** SKB: Mark Byrne, Peter McElroy, Morgan Biggs, Craig Connolly, Jamie Delaney, Mark Powel, Andy Brennan, Jamie O’Brien, Mark SKB U16s in Viva España!! O’Connor, Levi Boardman, Sean Cummins, Conor Smith, Ryan Our Under 16 DDSL Premier team are off to Spain to take part in McGuinness, Adam Duffy, Mick McAuley, Darren Barry, Esheban the Torneo De Navidad De Futbol Cadete. We are the only club Browne, Godfrey Yoro outside of Spain to be invited to take part in this tournament so it is The previous week our Under 17 Premier booked their place in the a great honour for St Kevins Boys. We are in the same group as such next round of the FAI Under 17 Cup with a comprehensive 8-0 win illustrious names as Real Madrid and Real Sociedad. Included in the over Avondale. other groups are the likes of Barcelona, Athletico Bilbao and Real What was all the more remarkable about this result was that it was Zaragoza so our boys will be mixing with the elite of the elite! 1-0 at halftime so we would be interested to know what was said to We wish them the very best of luck. the team at the break! That same year saw the players from our Under 16s vanish from the Political Football Club. On their last home game of the season a large contingent of You may have read the very interesting article in the Evening Herald League of Ireland managers were busy in the clubhouse apparently recently regarding the relationship between League of Ireland clubs making promises to the parents of our players for the coming season. and schoolboy football clubs throughout Ireland. As I said previously this might all sound like sour grapes but believe The writer of the article, Paul Hyland rightly pointed out that it me it’s not. My biggest fear is that, as a country, we will lose a appears that the senior clubs and schoolboy clubs outside of Dublin significant number of potential top class players through our own have a better handle on what is important in the development of narrow vision of what we expect our soccer leagues to look like. talent within their respective counties. Remember both the GAA and Irish rugby are looking to grow their Sadly, all Dublin clubs on both sides of the fence seem to be membership in Dublin and they are looking to incorporate the clubs suspicious of each other and hence there is a very poor relationship that do the right thing at each level to promote their game. between them. Irish football is its own worst enemy!!! The FAI High Performance Director, Ruud Dokter, is quite insistent Gerry Murtagh on maintaining his Pathway programme which would see League of *********************************** Ireland clubs take over the development of our footballing talent at Under 13, Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19 level. U13s Important Win in SFAI We as a schoolboy club, who have been at the forefront of the development of schoolboy players for over 50 years, do not necessarily agree with Mr Dokter’s stance and believe that we have a very important role to play in the development of elite players. We have met with the FAI on a number of occasions with regard to having St Kevins Boys included in these proposed leagues but are constantly informed that we do not meet the criteria necessary. On enquiry as to the criteria that we fall short on we never receive a clear answer. Now, we don’t want this to sound like sour grapes but there has to be a better way to solve the current impasse. It would strike me that it would have made more sense for the FAI to appoint a panel of LOI people and a panel of those at the top end of schoolboy development along with Mr Dokter to work towards a solution that benefits all those involved. Throughout the last twenty years the main clubs at the forefront of Our Under 13 DDSL Premier team and Crumlin Utd met each other developing players have been St Kevins Boys, St Josephs Boys, in the SFAI Sketchers Cup recently in Shanowen Road in a game Cherry Orchard, Belvedere, Home Farm and a few others. that would see the winners progress to the last 32 of the competition. I can safely say that no League of Ireland clubs have been involved The two teams had met at the quarter final stage of the SFAI Cup in the development of schoolboy players at a high level.